980. DUTCH SHIPS OF WAR.
W. van de Velde (Dutch: 1633-1707). See 149.
"The best example we have of the painter—a delightful picture. The sky is so delicate and unobtrusive that it does not expose his weakness in cloud drawing" (J. Brett, A.R.A., on "Landscape at the National Gallery," in Fortnightly Review, April 1895).